An authoritative classic on Hindu astrology, this book has been out of print for decades, and was originally published only in hardback. Now it is being published in paperback for the interest to scholars of the subject, astrologers as well as the average interested readers.
Analysing various models for the origin, development, and functioning of yugas, manvantaras, karma, and Hindu astrology as a whole, this book raises questions also about the role of the supernatural and synchronicity. The epilogue includes the author’s reflections on astrology as a whole, religion and science.
About The Author:
The author, Anthony P. Stone, obtained his first degree in Mathematics, as well as his PhD in theoretical physics, at the University of Oxford. Arriving in India in 1956, he taught mathematics at colleges in Bengal, Kerala, and Delhi. Becoming intrigued with the Hindu obsession with astrology, he learned Hindi at Delhi University and Sanskrit at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. He was accepted as a Fellow of the Indian Association for History and Philosophy of Sciences, and Life Member of the Indian Mathematical Society and of the Indian Society for the History of Mathematics.
